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US 10,704,258 B2Granted
Expandable data center with movable wall
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBrock Robert Gardner, Michael Phillip Czamara
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Abstract
A data center includes a floor that supports rack computing systems and walls that enclose a computing room. The computing room holds the rack computing systems. One of the walls is a movable wall. The movable wall translates relative to the other walls to increase or decrease the size of the computing room.
Claims19
A data center, comprising:
- a floor configured to support one or more rack computing systems;
- an expandable exterior shell, wherein the expandable exterior shell comprises a canopy and at least one moveable exterior wall;
- and one or more rack computing systems mounted in the data center, wherein the one or more rack computing systems are protected from outdoor environmental conditions by the expandable exterior shell,
- wherein the floor is configured to support the one or more rack computing systems while the movable exterior wall is being moved to expand the data center;
- wherein the expandable shell is configured to protect the one or more rack computing systems from the outdoor environmental conditions while the movable wall is being moved to expand the data center, and
- wherein the canopy and the movable exterior wall of the expandable exterior shell are configured such that one or more sections of the canopy are expanded as the movable exterior wall is moved to expand the data center.
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A method of enlarging a data center, comprising:
- providing a data center comprising a movable exterior wall, an expandable exterior shell, and one or more rack computing systems mounted in the data center and protected from outdoor environmental conditions by the expandable exterior shell;
- moving the exterior wall of the expandable exterior shell of the data center to expand the data center, while the one or more rack computing systems remain protected from the outdoor environmental conditions by the expandable exterior shell;
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- expanding a canopy of the expandable exterior shell of the data center to expand the data center, while the one or more rack computing systems remain protected from the outdoor environmental conditions by the expandable exterior shell,
- wherein one or more sections of the canopy are expanded as the movable exterior wall is moved to expand the data center.
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A method of enlarging a computing room of a data center, the method comprising:
- installing an additional canopy section in an expandable exterior shell of the data center;
- moving an exterior wall of the expandable exterior shell to create an expansion zone of the data center, wherein the additional canopy section is expanded as the exterior wall is moved to create the expansion zone;
- moving an interior wall of the computing room into the expansion zone of the data center created by the exterior wall of the expandable exterior shell of the data center being moved, wherein one or more rack computing systems are mounted in the computing room when the exterior wall and the interior wall are moved;
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- mounting one or more additional rack computing systems in a space added to the computing room by moving the interior wall of the computing room into the expansion zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.